“Put your John Hancock here.” Next week these `United States of America’ will celebrate a 247th birthday. Fifty-six men, members of the Second Continental Congress, signed `The Declaration of Independence’ on July 4, 1776. The largest signature on the `Unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America’ was that of John Hancock. Hence the […]
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Comments Off on June 30, 2023 “Happiness is a warm puppy”. Charles Schulz. “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”. The Constitution of the United States of America. In the February 27, 2006 issue of The New Yorker there was an article on pursuing happiness. It turns out that by nature we have been hardwired to emphasize the negative. Survival […]
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Comments Off on June 23, 2023 The Osberg Men’s Annual Fishing Trip was awesome. Just like last year, I stayed in the cabin until Monday afternoon. Then our guide Randin Olson, my son Erik, his son Walleye Willie and I headed for the secret lake. One of 1,048 lakes in Otter Tail County. It wasn’t long before I had a bite […]
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Comments Off on June 16, 2023 The second weekend in June is always reserved for a fishing trip with my four brothers, my son Erik, and my grandson “Walleye Willie” plus brother Craig’s son Grayson. This year, Grayson will not be able to be with us. There is a total of 8 Osberg men ages 14 to 79. Cousin John and […]
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Comments Off on June 9, 2023 Next Tuesday is the 79th anniversary of “D Day”. If you have seen the movie “Saving Private Ryan”, you have some idea of how bad it was. It is hard to imagine that anyone who lived through that experience would ever be the same. If you survived, the many years of living with those memories had […]
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